SANFL grants Port, Crows wish, quelling exit fears
The SANFL has bowed to pressure from Port Adelaide and Adelaide to introduce list concessions. Here’s how they will work and what they mean for other clubs.
The SANFL has bowed to pressure from Port Adelaide and Adelaide to introduce list concessions. Here’s how they will work and what they mean for other clubs.
A grand final where the result was in doubt until the final siren. Ted Lasso parallels and underdog fairytales. SA footy is kicking goals and, as Graham Cornes says, it’s time the AFL took notice.
Fraser and Darcy Fort will face off in grand finals in consecutive days. And it is fitting considering their strong connection throughout their football journeys.
Paul Sandercock is Glenelg Football Club’s quiet achiever and unsung hero, playing a key role in the most successful era in club history, writes Andrew Capel.
The Glenelg great and triple premiership hero Matthew Snook has retired from the SANFL – but reveals his career almost ended on a very different note, writes Andrew Capel.
At the end of last season, Glenelg’s past two premiership captains had walked away from the SANFL. On Sunday, the dynamic duo will play key roles in the Tigers’ pursuit of back-to-back flags, writes Andrew Capel.
No Nunn, no Rokahr, was supposed to mean no Redlegs. But a pair of new boys – and a key positional change – has sensationally driven Norwood back to the SANFL summit, writes Andrew Capel.
The stage is set for an epic battle between two of the traditional SANFL clubs. Download your Grand Final posters here.
Norwood legend Matt Panos will complete a fairytale – and miraculous – comeback from a career-threatening knee injury and play in Sunday’s SANFL grand final against Glenelg.
Told he wasn’t going to play again this year after a “shocking’’ knee injury, Glenelg star Lachie Hosie made a stunning return in the SANFL preliminary final. He tells Andrew Capel how.
They might be some of the most decorated names in recent SANFL history but they’ve both taken the hard road to the grand final, writes Andrew Capel.
Sam May’s club has revealed what the 24-year-old said to his teammates in an emotional address last week.
He broke the SANFL’s Magarey Medal ruck curse but Norwood’s Harry Boyd didn’t want a single vote in the final round of the count. Andrew Capel reveals why.
They are Norwood’s “odd couple” and have come from the clouds to spark the club’s SANFL premiership push. Meet the unlikely key forward pairing of Finn Heard and Izaak Twelftree.
Ten debutants and a first-time coach are among The Advertiser’s SANFL Team of the Year for 2024. See the full side.
Port’s boss might be complaining about their wooden spoon but its state rivals’ greatest fears are being realised, writes Andrew Capel.
The Power chairman’s SANFL spray teeters between irrational and hysterical. An apology would be a good idea, writes Graham Cornes.
Both have signalled their imminent retirements but when that is depends on the result of Sunday’s elimination final.
The Port Adelaide chairman has launched an extraordinary spray after his club crashed to its first wooden spoon in over a century.
If ever a ruckman is going to win the SANFL’s Magarey Medal it should be this year, writes Andrew Capel, as The Advertiser’s footy writers reveal their votes.
Sporting and media legend Ken “KG” Cunningham has achieved just about everything in his long career. But it’s his latest honour that has moved him emotionally.
The Crows have failed spectacularly this year but they can still win the off-season, writes Andrew Capel.
He is SA sports’ next big thing – rated the best ruckman in this year’s AFL draft pool and an NBL prospect – leaving Alex Dodson with a big decision to make, writes Andrew Capel.
They’re nation-leading producers of top talent but they’re being short-changed where it counts, writes Andrew Capel.
Norwood’s star ruckman is enjoying a season for the ages and is on track to end a longstanding SANFL hoodoo, writes Andrew Capel.
A giant, fast and agile South Australian ruckman who is rapidly rising up the draft boards says it would be a dream to play for the Adelaide Crows.
SANFL players are set for a cash boost, with the league unveiling a three-year plan to return the salary cap to pre-Covid levels.
Football greats, including Craig Bradley and Nathan Buckley, have paid an emotional tribute to Port Adelaide great and “larger than life character” Geof Motley.
Former Crows ruckman Sam Jacobs is returning to his roots, appointed as coach of SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens.
The AFL’s corporate greed, incompetence and Victorian bias are clearly inferior to the alternative, writes David Penberthy.
“Confidante, adviser, mate” … Port Adelaide great Warren Tredrea speaks about his special relationship with Geof Motley, after his passing at age 88.
Cast adrift from the AFL four years ago, a Glenelg premiership defender is back on the radar of AFL clubs after a standout year in the SANFL, writes Andrew Capel.
Shockingly delisted from the AFL, Brett Turner returned to Glenelg – and even a fractured foot and ripped abdominal muscle couldn’t stop him helping the side win a SANFL premiership.
There were some sore heads among the crew showing off their Mad Monday outfits today after a massive few days for Tigers fans. Get your souvenir poster here.
Courageous Glenelg skipper Max Proud has called time on his career after leading the Tigers to their sixth SANFL premiership, beating Sturt in the grand final.
It took four attempts but Glenelg has finally beaten Sturt in a SANFL grand final – conquering the Double Blues by 24 points at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.
Glenelg No. 1 ticket holder Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello has made a bold promise if his beloved Tigers win the SANFL Grand Final – we’ll hold you to it, Cosi.
They are Sturt’s Blues brothers and they are ready to make a big impact in Sunday’s SANFL grand final against the Tigers, writes Andrew Capel.
Glenelg grand final combatants Max Proud, Archie Lovelock and Jonty Scharenberg have more in common than just being SANFL teammates, writes Andrew Capel.
Nearly 50 years since Glenelg and Sturt met in a SANFL grand final, the two clubs are poised to face off again. So what happened last time? We caught up with some of the players.
The legendary broadcaster grew up dreaming of running onto the Oval on SANFL grand final day.
Dual Sturt premiership coach Martin Mattner will lock horns with first-year Glenelg mentor Darren Reeves in the SANFL grand final, the pair taking vastly different paths.
Central District’s greatest player, John Platten, has paid an emotional tribute to former coach Kevin “Cowboy” Neale, who has died at 78.
James Mathews was on the verge of winning a spot on Adelaide’s AFL list three years ago. Now, with his new club Sturt, he is trying to deny the Crows a slice of SANFL history.
It was the meeting that hit Harry Grant “between the eyes” but paved the way for his shock and stunning Magarey Medal win, writes Andrew Capel.
Central District’s midfield dynamo has taken out the SANFL’s biggest individual honour in a remarkable end to this year’s count.
There are good players. There are great players. And then there are these four men who have just joined the pantheon of SA footy legends.
The 2023 SANFL Magarey Medal count on Monday night looms as one of the most even on record, with a host of chances, writes Andrew Capel.
Tigers high-flyer Lachie Hosie is ready for lift-off as Glenelg begins its SANFL finals campaign against the Crows at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, writes Andrew Capel.
Young Hills footballer Antonio Loiacono died after a sickening on-field collision – now his mother is set to launch legal action against the SANFL over its handling of previous concussions.
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